HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2003.07.17 - 27146REPORT (MISC. /03153) July 17, 2003
BY: General Government Committee, William R. Patterson, Chairperson
IN RE: MR #03153 — BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS — OPPOSITION TO MICHIGAN
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES' PROPOSAL TO REDUCE
PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAXES (PILT)
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The General Government Committee, having reviewed Miscellaneous Resolution
#03153 on July 7, 2003, reports with a recommendation that the resolution be adopted.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move
acceptance of the foregoing report.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE
General Government Committee Vote:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
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Miscellaneous Resolution # 03153
BY: Commissioners William R. Patterson, District #1and Charles E. Palmer, District #19
RE: Board of Commissioners - Opposition to Michigan Department of Natural
Resources' Proposal to Reduce Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT)
TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS, Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) are State of Michigan payments to
local units of government in lieu of property taxes for all tax-reverted, recreation and forest
land that is owned by the State and administered by the Department of Natural Resources
(DNR); and
WHEREAS, Michigan Compiles Laws, Sections 324.2150 to 324.2151, requires the
State to pay $2.00 per acre on all tax-reverted, gifted, and state property purchased prior
to 1933, that is under the jurisdiction of the DNR; and
WHEREAS, Michigan Compiles Laws, Sections 324.2152 to 324.2154, requires the
State to make payment in-lieu of taxes based on the assessed value of the property, as
set by the State Tax Commission, on state property purchased after 1933, that is under the
jurisdiction of the DNR; and
WHEREAS, the DNR has claimed that they are unable to meet their obligations on
state purchased land and has announced that they will not be paying the state's summer
tax bills to local units that amount to almost $2 million in July 2003; and
WHEREAS, for 2004, the DNR has proposed drastic cuts in PILT payments to local
units of government for state purchased land; and
WHEREAS, the DNR proposal would only pay local governments $2.00 per acre
on state-purchased land. A dollar each would go to the township and county, however,
non-county or non-township related millages for the 6-mil State Education Tax,
Intermediate School Districts, local school bonds, airport authorities, library districts, etc,
would receive nothing under the plan; and
WHEREAS, the Senate Fiscal Agency reports that the proposed DNR plan would
cost local units of government $7,7 million on a program that paid out just under $10
million in 2002-03; and
WHEREAS, in Oakland County, the cities and villages would experience a
combined revenue loss of $229,000 and the county would lose $175,000. The revenue
loss for all taxing authorities within Oakland County would amount to $1.2 million; and
WHEREAS, the DNR proposal compounds the devastating loss of revenue that our
cities, villages, townships and counties are undergoing from the reductions in revenue
sharing. Local programs and services are reliant upon these sources of revenue for their
operations; and
Commissioner William R. Patterson
District #1
missioner Charle—S-E. Palmer
District #19
Resolution #03153 June 12, 2003
WHEREAS, the Michigan Townships Association is in opposition to the extreme
cuts being proposed by the Department of Natural Resources and is reviewing legislation
contained in Senate Bill 521, that instead would freeze all PILT obligations at their current
levels.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners hereby opposes the proposal by the Michigan Department of Natural
Resources to drastically cut Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PIT) payments to local units of
government for state purchased land.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT copies of this adopted resolution be forwarded
to the Governor of the State of Michigan, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources,
the Oakland County delegation to the state legislature, the Michigan Association of
Counties, the Michigan Municipal League, the Michigan Township Association and
Oakland County's legislative lobbyists.
Chairperson, we move the adoption of the foregoing Resolution.
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.
MEMO
TO: Commissioner Bill Patterson
FR: Sheryl L. Mitchell, Senior Analyst
DA: June 11,2003
RE: Resolution - Opposition to Michigan Department of Natural
Resources' Proposal to Reduce Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PlLT)
The blue backed original of the resolution is in your mailbox, along with copies for
you to distribute to both the Republican and Democratic Caucus.
Board procedure allows for the introduction of resolutions at the end of the Board
meeting under "New and Miscellaneous Business." The resolution should be referred
to the General Government Committee.
Please feel free to contact me, if I can be of any further assistance.
from the desk of
Sheryl L. Mitchell
Senior Analyst
Oakland County Board of Commissioners
1200 North Telegraph Road
Pontiac, MI 48341-0470
248.858.4078
fax 248.452.9772
e-mail mitchells@co.oakland.mi.us
Resolution #03153 June 12, 2003
The Chairperson referred the resolution to the General Government Committee. There were no objections.
G. William Caddell, County Clerk
Resolution #03153 July 17, 2003
Moved by Moss supported Douglas the resolutions on the Consent Agenda, be adopted (with accompanying
reports being accepted).
AYES: Coleman, Coulter, Crawford, Douglas, Gregory, Hatchett, Jamian, Knollenberg, KowaII, Law,
Long, McMillin, Middleton, Moffitt, Moss, Palmer, Patterson, Potter, Rogers, Scott, Webster, Wilson,
Zack, Bullard. (24)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolutions on the Consent Agenda, were adopted (with
accompanying reports being accepted).
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STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, G. William Caddell, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true
and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on July 17, 2003,
with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 17th day of July, 2003.